Fort (see
ZCP xiii 164
-
5
,
KZ l 155
-
6
); in O.Ir. usually
applied to residence of a chief or dignitary, consisting of an
earthen (more rarely stone) rampart, inside which the house
(`tech') or houses were erected; oft. of considerable extent and
in case of a royal residence having two (or even three) circum-
vallations with a moat between (hence
O'Dav. 695
; d.¤ .i. dá
cladh im uisci, ut est du-en .i. dá usque im cladh); such fort
being generally called after the builder or owner, e.g. Dún
Cermna, D.¤ Sobairche, etc.Cf. Aodh Ó Domhnaill dhúin na
bhfionn (= Dún na nGall?),
3 C 12, 245.15
. Freq. used as Ir.
equivalent for fortress or city; in Norman period of any
strongly enclosed or fortifiedplace (whether a single residence
or a burgh or town).